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AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 
SYSTEM 


PART    III 


I N  S  TR  U  C  T I O  N     PAPER 


PRKPARF.n    HV 


JOSEPH  M.  CARNEY 

OFFICIAI,    COX'RT  REI'ORTKR    CIRCl'IT  COURT, 
MII.WArKKK,    WIS. 


AMERICAN    SCHOOL  OF    CORRESPONDENCE 

CHICAGO  '  IIvUNOIS 


U.S.A. 


Copyright  1909  by 
American  Schooi^  ok  Correspondence 


Entered  at  Stationers'  Hall,  London 
All  Rights  Reserved 


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PAl^T  III 


GENERAL  INSTRUCTIONS 

The  average  pupil  makes  the  very  grave  mistake  of  taking  it  for 
granted  that  when  he  has  completed  the  study  of  the  principles  of 
shorthand  and  entered  the  dictation  portion  of  his  course,  he  has  at 
last  gotten  away  from  all  reference  to  the  principles  taught  in  the 
earlier  lessons.  Nothing  could  lie  more  erroneous  than  such  a  be- 
lief, for  the  fact  is,  more  attention  should  be  given  to  the  princi- 
ples in  building  up  speed  than  to  dictation  exercises  given  for  the 
purpose.  Not  only  is  a  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  shorthand 
absolutely  necessary,  but  the  ability  to  apply  those  principles  is 
an  important  requisite  which  should  not  be  for  one  moment  lost 
sight  of. 

Undoubtedly  you  have  already  found  it  to  be  a  fact  that  while  you 
really  know  the  principles  of  phrasing,  yet  when  matter  is  dictated 
to  you,  you  do  not  apply  those  principles,  but  resort  to  the  elementary 
method  of  w^riting  out  each  word  without  joining.  That  is  a  grievious 
fault  and  must  be  overcome,  if  you  desire  to  become  known  as  a 
really  competent  shorthand  writer. 

Now,  how  is  it  possible  to  overcome  the  difficulty?  Here  is  a 
somewhat  tedious  plan,  but  it  is  the  best  one  by  which  to  build  up  real 
speed.  It  is  not  to  take  from  dictation  the  letters  and  other  matter 
given  in  this  part,  but  to  turn  to  the  very  first  lesson  on  phrasing  and 
write  the  phrases  contained  in  that  lesson  hundreds  and  hundreds 
of  times.  Take  each  phrase  found  in  each  lesson  and  do  the  same 
with  it,  mixing  it  up  in  such  a  manner  as  to  bring  them  most  sharply 
to  the  ear.  The  writer  of  this  course  has  "loaded"  one  cylinder  of  a 
phonograph  wnth  but  twenty  short  phrases,  repeated  again  and  again, 

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and  then  taken  that  dictation  of  but  twenty  short  phrases  for  more 
than  two  hours.  By  that  time  it  was  easy  to  write  each  phrase,  no 
matter  where  or  when  it  occurred,  for  each  phrase  had  become  a  part 
of  his  phonographic  being. 

It  takes  perseverance  to  pursue  such  a  course  of  study,  but  it 
will  pay  in  the  end.  It  is  the  thorourfh  shorthand  writer  who  is  the 
best  shorthand  writer,  every  time.  If,  at  this  stage  of  the  study,  after 
you  have  completed  your  study  of  the  first  two  parts  of  the  course, 
you  would  review  each  lesson  from  the  third,  devoting  200  pages  of 
practice  matter  to  each  lesson,  it  would  be  the  very  best  investment 
of  time  you  could  make.  Stenographers  are  paid  according  to  the 
ability  they  possess,  and  the  greater  your  ability,  the  greater  will  be 
the  emoluments  resulting  from  this  study. 

There  is  enough  work  connected  with  Lesson  19  alone  to  keep 
one  profitably  employed  for  three  weeks.  There  is  a  list  of  phrases 
given  with  that  lesson  which  should  be  written  500  times  each.  After 
that,  sentences  should  be  composed  containing  those  phrases,  and  that 
lesson  should  not  be  laid  aside  until  every  phrase  is  so  familiar  that 
it  can  be  written  without  hesitation. 

Nor  should  this  study  be  confined  to  the  phrases  and  word  signs. 
It  is  more  important  that  the  principles  should  be  thoroughly  mas- 
tered, for  they  are  the  basis  of  shorthand.  It  is  through  such  a 
mastery  of  the  principles  that  it  is  possible  for  one  to  write  words  he 
has  never  before  written,  without  the  sUghtest  hesitation.  The 
practiced,  accomplished  writer  will  follow  the  sounds  of  the  words 
given  by  the  speaker  or  dictator  absolutely  automatically,  writing 
the  phonographic  outlines  representing  those  sounds  as  easily 
as  the  ordinary  longhand  is  written.  He  does  this  because  he 
knows  the  principles  of  shorthand,  and  writes  the  sound  characters 
as  easily  as  you  now  write  the  letters  in  ordinary  longhand  spell- 
ing- 
There  is  a  mistaken  idea  that  it  is  well  to  compile  and  learn  a 

great  number  of  arbitrary  phrases.  Unless  phrases  are  of  frequent 
occurrence,  they  should  be  written  as  fully  as  possible.  When  easily 
joined  phrases  occur,  they  should,  of  course,  be  written.  But  the  prac- 
tice of  using  but  a  portion  of  infrequent  words  or  phrases  to  represent 
those  words  or  phrases  should  be  discountenanced.  They  will  hinder 
and  retard,  rather  than  accelerate  speed. 


AMERICAX  SHORTHAXD  83 

SHORTHAND  PUNCTUATION 

The  object  of  shorthand  is  not  only  to  repro(hice  the  words  of  a 
speaker  or  dictator,  but  to,  as  far  as  possible,  convey  to  paper  the 
exact  meaning  which  the  speaker  or  dictator  intended.  In  other 
words,  the  shorthand  writer  should  endeavor  to  make  a  pen  picture 
of  the  sayings  of  the  one  whose  dictation  he  is  taking  or  whose  speech 
he  is  reporting.  To  do  this,  the  transcript  must  be  carefully  punc- 
tuated, and  in  order  that  this  can  be  done,  the  shorthand  notes  must 
be  written  with  such  care  that  the  right  punctuation  can  be  sup- 
plied. 

Too  frequently  do  stenographers  forget  that  it  is  sometimes  an 
impossibility  to  supply  the  punctuation  unless  there  is  a  key  to  it  in 
their  notes.  They  rely  on  their  ability  to  supply  correct  punctuation, 
and  frequently  omit  the  period  showing  a  full  stop  on  the  part  of  the 
speaker.  Different  punctuation  of  the  same  words  may  convey  an 
entirely  different  meaning.  For  instance,  when  John  D.  Rocke- 
feller exclaimed,  during  an  investigation  of  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany, when  asked  if  he  had  entered  into  a  certain  contract:  "I 
entered  into  that  contract!"  he  did  not  intend  to  affirm  that  he  had 
entered  into  it,  but  intended  to  denote  surprise  that  anyone  should 
think  he  had  entered  into  it.  Had  the  exclamation  point  been 
replaced  by  a  period,  it  would  have  changed  the  entire  meaning 
of  the  answer.  "William  Jones,"  says  Frank  Smith,  "is  a  fool"  is  an 
altogether  different  proposition  than  "William  Jones  says  Frank  Smith 
is  a  fool,"  although  exactly  the  same  words  are  used. 

It  is  therefore  necessary  that  the  stenographer  must  show  the 
punctuation,  and  this  can  be  done  by  grouping  the  outlines.  Not 
only  does  this  grouping  preserve  the  sense  intended,  but  it  makes 
the  shorthand  much  more  easily  read.  Each  parenthetical  phrase  is 
set  off  by  itself,  and  consequently  there  is  no  trouble  experienced  be- 
cause the  context  is  broken  by  a  parenthetical  phrase — one  of  the 
things  which  stenographers  have  heretofore  had  to  contend  with.  So 
grouping  the  outlines  not  only  preserves  the  sense  intended,  but  makes 
the  shorthand  more  legible,  more  easily  read,  and  more  certain. 

\Mienever  there  is  a  change  in  the  sense  relation  of  the  words 
that  change  should  be  shown  in  the  shorthand  notes.     To  illustrate, 
we  will  take  a  peroration  delivered  by  William  J.  Bryan  in  his  lecture, 
"The  Prince  of  Peace."     First  we  will  show  this  without  punctuation, 


84  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

and  then  follow  it  with  the  shorthand  fully  punctuated .     The  perora- 
tion is: 

If  the  Father  deigns  to  touch  with  divine  power  the  cold  and  pulseless 
heart  of  the  buried  acorn  and  make  it  burst  forth  from  its  prison  walls  will 
He  leave  neglected  the  soul  of  man  who  was  made  in  the  image  of  his  Creator 
if  he  gives  to  the  rosebush  whose  withering  blossoms  float  upon  the  breeze 
the  sweet  assurance  of  another  springtime  will  He  withhold  the  words  of 
hope  from  the  sons  of  man  when  the  frosts  of  winter  come  if  matter  mute 
and  inanimate  though  changed  by  the  forces  of  nature  into  a  multitude  of 
forms  can  never  die  will  the  imperial  spirit  of  man  suffer  annihilation  after  a 
brief  sojourn  like  a  royal  guest  to  this  tenement  of  clay  rather  let  us  believe 
that  He  who  in  His  apparent  prodigality  wastes  not  the  raindrop  the  evening's 
sighing  zephyr  or  the  blade  of  grass  but  makes  them  all  to  carry  out  His 
eternal  plans  has  given  immortality  to  the  mortal  and  gathered  to  Himself 
the  generous  spirit  of  our  friend  then  let  us  look  up  to  Him  and  say  thy  day 
has  come  not  gone  thy  sun  has  risen  not  set  thy  life  is  now  beyond  the  reach 
of  change  or  death  not  ended  but  begun  oh  gentle  soul  hail  and  farewell. 

Even  in  the  longhand  the  above  is  something  of  a  confused 
mass.  Without  punctuation  in  shorthand  it  would  nearly  be  impossi- 
ble to  reproduce  the  matter  correctly.  Here  is  the  way  many  sten- 
ographers would  show  that  argument  on  "Immortality"  in  their 
shorthand  notes: 


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An  effort  to  reatl  the  above  notes  will  demonstrate  the  importance 
of  writing  notes  in  such  a  manner  that  they  can  lie  read  easily,  and 
correctly  punctuated.  The  sense  relation  of  the  words  is  not  shown 
and  it  would  be  practically  an  innK>ssil)ility  to  transcril)e  sucii  notes. 
Compare  them  with  the  following  illustration  of  the  same  matter,  and 
it  will  be  found  that,  when  correctly  grouped,  the  outlines  are  easily 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND  85 

read  and  easily  punctuated.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  paragraphs  are 
shown,  not  only  with  the  paragraph  mark,  but  by  writing  the  new 
paragraph  on  a  new  line,  properly  indented : 

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l^ir. ^.: 

The  above,  properly  transcribed  and  punctuated,  should  be 
included  in  your  final  work  sent  for  suggestions  and  correction. 

PROPER  NAMES 

In  commercial  work,  unless  proper  names  are  familiar  to  the 
stenographer  they  should  be  written  in  longhand.  In  reporting  work 
this  is  a  practical  impossibility,  for  they  are  spoken  too  rapidly  to 
permit  of  longhand  writing.  When  a  stenographer  receives  proper 
names  in  dictation,  he  should  Insist  that  his  dictator  spell  out  all 


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AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 


proper  names,  and  in  such  instances,  of  course,  there  is  time  enough 
to  write  them  in  longhand. 

In  the  reporting  of  witnesses,  all  the  proper  names  should  be 
looked  up,  if  it  is  possible.  If  not,  mistakes  are  sure  to  occur  which 
will  reflect  on  the  work  of  the  stenographer.  For  instance,  the  com- 
monly used  name  "Smith"  is  also  spelled  "Smyth"  and  there  is  no 
clue  to  the  correct  spelling  from  the  sound. 

The  following  list  contains  many  proper  names  of  frequent  use 
and  can  be  studied  with  profit  : 

i"*^ — Campbell  -.^!1. 


-£•••—  Adams 


. -.._._  Anderson 


-Chris  tlansou 


.Eldred 


C;:^ Elkins 


...>k4.. —  Andrews 
....   I Atkinson 

— i. Austin 

...V^....._Bartlett 

\ Bell 

\/     Barry 

*\^ Bralnerd 

V        Brown 
..^C\  .   Butler 


-Clark 
....Cooper 

..mrry Curtis 

..  I  Daniels 

' Dixon 

Dickinson 


J Dunne 


.  Eastman 


J5i» Evans 


..  Field 
..^ Fisher 


? 


Edwards 


r 


.  Foster 


Franklin 


French 


Gardner 


Hall 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 


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Hanson 


..^.. 


Harris 


i^.  Henderson 


r 


..Hill 


„...^„. Howe 

/^....„  Howell 

yf!: Hughes 


Hunter 


U^ 


Johnson 


J- Jones 

..=rr>-<<  ...Kenuedy 


..-Klng 
«.,Kellogg 

CZ.. Lane 

Lawrence 


^. Lewis 

../^^lllll^  Logan 


^ 


.  Mackintosh 


Mar.sh 


n 

..^.^^ Martin 


Matthews 


'^-^^    Miller 


n... 


Mitchell 


Morris 


Morrison 


Morse 


SiJL^....  Nelson 


.s_-f. Olson 


Osborn 


Palmer 


Peterson 


Reed 


^ 


Q       Lindsay  ;^ 


^ 


.Rice 


Richards 


.Richardson 


Roberts 


s:t:^^„„  Robinson 

..^.^.. ^.Rogers 

..,;^^^^..„,.Santlers 

9 Sharp 

.1 Smith 


_..Long 


.Robertson 


Snyder 

.=v Starr 

f Stewart 

IC^ Taylor 

...^T^r:^ Thompson 

^ ,  Washburn 

i. ^  Watson 

Sjj      _  Webster 

._....!-....  Wheeler 

C. Wells 

' White 

fr?!* Williams' 

£_..„.  VVilson 

"i Wood 

.ys«<. Young 


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NAMES  OP  STATES  AND  TERRITORIES 


../rV»«~._  A  labama 

f _Alaska 

"Y. Arizona 

..Arkansas 


..California 


,Z!1 Colorado 

..  ..U. Connecticut 

X^ Delaware 


i District 

of  Columbia 


Florida 


J       Georgia 


Hawaiian 

Territory 


V^     Idaho 
O      Illinois 


Indiana 


*~^       Iowa 


..Kentucky 


"f: Louisiana 


..fr:iy Maine 


.Maryland 


Massachusetts 


n 

^—a Michigan 


..'VZl Minnesota 

.  ^       Mis'jissippl 


._/      .Missouri 
W'      Montana 


Nebraska 


......'I^^TVy. Nev; 


ada 


...New 

Hampshire 


,...>-* New  Jersey 

. n     New  Mexico 

...^ _  ..New  York 


.North 


.ZTl-r-]     ..J 


North  Dakota 


•Ohio 


Oklahoma 


Oregon 

...  j<r  V, Pennsylvania 

./^ Rhode  Island 


^-. s_^  South 

J 

*«^      Texas 


Carolina 
South  Dakota 

Tennessee 


^ Utah 

-^^ Vermont 

^ Virginia 

^ Washington 

..TilV. West  Virginia 


■  Wisconsin 


Carolina 


Wyoming 


■■- .-_.        Akron 

^^ Alameda 

Albany 
^--'»>— ^     Alexandria 
■  f'T-,-^.       Allegheny 

/<7 AUentown 

>_^ Amstei-dam 

^^.....  Anderson 

,j    J.         Ann  Arbor 

) Asheville 

I Ashland 

l^. Astoria 

/ ,  Atchison 

P Atlanta 

—f 

' Augusta 

"^y^.  .  Aurora 

^f~^        Baltimore 

\  Batavia 

^  Battle  Creek 


a:mericax  shorthand 

NAMES  OP  CITIES. 

Ni,         Bay  City 

V 


89 


-  Beloit 
(^•■-  Bethlehem 
^^      Beverly 
-><m^—\.:  Birmingham 

if         Boston 
.\ Bowling  Green 


'Vj        Bradford 

\ Brooklyn 

Brunswick 


Buffalo 


N    "" 


rlington 


V Butte 

™«/ Cairo 


■^ 


Calcutta 


.  Canton 


Cai)e  Town 


-  .T Cedar  Rapids 


f 


Charleston 


.  Christiana 


-^         Charlotte 

<-_■       Chattanooga 


Chicago 

I Cincinnati 

Cleveland 


Clinton 


.     <^  1     .  Cold  Water 


Colorado  Springs 


Columbus 


J*  Constantinople 

__ Copenhagen 


cr<T.        Cortland 


--^ 


f^ 


k:^ 


Council  Bluffs 


Davenport 


90 
^-*^— Denver 

u 

Des  Moines 

— -i        Detroit 

1^      Dnluth 

r^^    Elmira 

. tn>/.....  Emporia 

Erie 

^^^^^^^^^      Evansville 

- — » - Fond  du  Lac 

- — J^. Fort  Dodge 

^_^ — Fort  Wayne 

.  .J5k!A.„ Fort  Worth 

~{^_.„  Fostoria 

• — v^-^ —  Grand  Rapids 

>■• GreenviUe 

i  Indianapolis 

— ^ -  Hamburg 

^-  ^ Hamilton 

Tl.  Harrisburg 
^...^. Hastings 


AMERICAX  SHORTHAND 


^ 


Helena 


•Hobart 


Honolulu 


-*^         Houston 

..../-      Jackson 

•  t_^      Jauesville 

P 
A  -  Jefferson  City 


Kalamazoo 


Kankakee 


-t^ 


Kansas  City 


Keokuk 

Til       Key  West 
"ji      Kingston 


Knoxville 


Kokomo 


La  Crosse 


.„.C\^        Lafayette 
/?r^ Lancaster 

f^' Lansing 

..£.>r..S. Leavenworth 


—  Lincoln 

—  LiveriKK)! 
Logausport 


Loudon 


r'^-r^ 


^-^ 


-  Los  Angeles 


Louisville 


Lowell 


Manstield 


Marshall 


_  Melbourne 


Memphis 


Meridian 


Michigan  City 


Milwaukee 


^ 


Minneapolis 


Mobile 


Montgomery 


Montreal 


Nashville 


Nebraska  City 


AMERTrAX  SHORTHAXD 


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.*!««.««_ New  Albany 

^^■^■^ New  Bedford 

...>r<X^ New  Orleans 

^"^ Newport 

.s—4 Newton 

New  York 

" Oakland 

•'^■^^^ Omaha 

" -^ Oshkosh 

Oswego 

^ Ottawa 

V^ Paris 

5^^ Philadelphia 

" —  Phoenix 

.>«—>..  Pittsburg 

V Plainlleld 

"C' Port  Huron 


^ Portland 

^-  Providence 

^     Pueblo 


Quincy 


^ 


Raleigh 


yU 


^ 


Richmond 


Rochester 


Rock  Island 
[.....  St.  Louis 
St.  Paul 


<J-A— 


,  San  Francisco 
.^>>J?Z./...  San  Jose 

.„....Y Seattle 

.^^. Shreveport 

— ^ Sioux  City 

^ Sioux  Falls 


Springfield 
..!| Streator 


^ 


Stockholm 


..  Superior 


u 


._  Sydney 
^Y"*        Syracuse 

n 


Toledo 


L  Topcka 

..■jrr~^        Vicksburg 
C  Walla  Walla 

f^. Salt  Lake  City  Jl. Washington 


^"^         Wellington 
C^'^         Wheeling 


z^"  Williamsport 

/         Wichita 

«^  Worcester 

"^ ■••• 

\^         Zanesvllle 


92  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

New  York,  April  4,  1909. 
Messrs.  Williams  &  Fletcher, 
939  East  Twenty-Third  street, 
Chicago,  111. 
Gentlemen : 

We  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  the  advertising  columns  of  our  new 
publication,  a  copy  of  which  we  send  you  under  separate  cover.  While  we 
have  only  published  three  issues  of  this  magazine,  we  have  already  secured  a 
circulation  of  more  than  50,000  copies  and  each  mail  brings  to  us  a  large  number 
of  new  subscriptions.  We  are  pushing  this  periodical  in  several  different  ways, 
and  believe  we  are  justified  in  making  the  prediction  that  the  next  year  will 
bring  to  us  more  than  300,000  new  subscribers. 

We  are  now  quoting  an  extremely  low  price  for  our  advertising  space — 
$50  a  page — and  contracts  entered  into  now  will  run  for  a  year.  You  will  see 
that  this  rate  is  very  low,  when  you  take  into  consideration  the  possibilities 
of  this  magazine  during  the  next  twelve  months. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  a  trial  order  from  you,  and  if  you  will  let  us 
hear  from  you  ht  an  early  date,  we  will  reserve  a  choice  position  in  the  next 
issue.  Yours  truly, 


Kansas  City,  Mo.,  June  10,  1909. 
Mr.  John  H.  Horton, 

560  Commercial  National  Bank  Building, 
Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  W.  L.  Graham,  of  your  city,  relative 
to  an  exhaust  fan  sent  by  us  to  him  on  the  12th  ult.  His  order  called  for  a 
60-inch  fan,  but  by  mistake  he  was  sent  a  44-inch  fan.  Please  call  on  Mr.  Graham 
as  soon  as  possible,  and  see  whether  it  is  not  possible  for  him  to  make  use  of  the 
fan  sent  him.  Of  course,  if  he  sticks  for  the  larger  fan,  we  shall  be  glad  to  send 
it  to  him,  but  if  the  44-inch  fan  will  do,  it  will  save  us  the  expense  of  making 
the  change.     Graham's  address  is  281  West  Lake  street. 

We  are  informed  that  a  party  living  at  1738  Grace  street,  Chicago,  will 
soon  be  ready  for  some  of  our  goods.  We  think  his  name  is  W.  S.  Wilson.  It 
would  be  well  for  you  to  call  on  him. 

Yours  truly, 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 


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94  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  February,  28,  1909. 
Arthur  S.  Sullivan  Esq., 

416  Sentinel  Building, 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 
My  dear  sir: 

I  enclose  proof  of  claim  in  the  matter  of  our  account  against  William 
W.  Alexander,  duly  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  the  president  of  our  company. 
I  hope  you  will  be  able  to  press  this  matter  to  a  successful  conclusion.  Kindly 
acknowledge  receipt. 

Very  truly  yours, 


Detroit,  Mich.,  January  30,  1909. 
Mr.  F.  H.  Muldoon, 

603  Reaper  Block, 
Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

It  is  our  desire  to  take  the  depositions  of  several  witnesses  in  your  city, 
pursuant  to  the  enclosed  notice,  and  we  have  had  you  appointed  Commissioner, 
for  the  purpose  of  taking  the  testimony  of  the  witnesses  therein  named.  Will 
you  please  issue  the  necessary  subpoenas,  and  have  the  parties  served  at  once, 
advancing  the  witnesses'  fees  and  doing  all  the  work  which  it  will  be  necessary  to 
do  in  order  to  secure  the  attendance  of  the  witnesses.  Please  have  this  attended 
to  at  once,  and  let  us  know  immediately  whether  you  succeed  in  obtaining 
service. 

Our  Mr.  Hogan  will  be  in  Chicago,  and  will  call  on  you  the  day  before  the 
time  set  for  the  proceedings.  W^e  desire  you  to  personally  report  the  deposi- 
tions in  shorthand,  and  the  signatures  of  the  witnesses  will  be  waived.  We 
will  want  you  to  transcribe  the  testimony  as  soon  as  possible,  and  to  furnish  us 
with  a  copy,  aside  from  the  original  for  record. 

It  may  be  necessary  for  us  to  have  a  court  reporter  go  with  us  in  several 
of  the  Western  states  in  order  to  take  depositions.  W^ould  you  care  to  go  on 
such  a  trip?  If  so,  I  think  I  can  fix  it.  This  is  a  case  for  payment  for  25,000 
head  of  cattle,  and  we  will  probably  have  to  take  the  testimony  of  two  or  three 
hundred  cowboys.  Such  a  trip  would  therefore  be  interesting,  as  well  as 
profitable.  We  will  probably  leave  for  Nevada  in  a  month  or  two.  I  hope 
you  can  go  with  us. 

Let  us  hear  from  you  as  quickly  as  possible. 

Sincerely  yours, 


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96  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

Bloomington,  111.,  May  1,  1902. 
Mr.  W.  H.  Hayden, 

503  First  National  Bank  Building, 
Buffalo,  New  York. 
Dear  Sir: 

Replying  to  your  favor  of  the  29th  ult.,  we  will  be  glad  to  furnish  you 
our  No.  60  double  buggy  harness  for  the  following  prices: 

Nickel,  or  imitation  rubber  trimmed,  $23  per  set. 

Rubber  trimmed,  28  per  set. 

Shall  be  pleased  to  receive  an  order. 

Very  truly  yours. 


Kansas  City,  Mo.,  October  20,  1904. 
Mr.  S.  B.  Osbom, 

Dexter,  Iowa. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  valued  order  of  the  9th  inst.  was  received,  and  the  goods  have  gone 
forward.  We  did  not  have  the  case  of  Swift's  Roast  Beef,  but  we  sent  immedi- 
ately to  Chicago,  instructing  them  to  ship  direct  to  you,  and  without  a  doubt 
you  have  received  it  before  this. 

Thanking  you  for  this  order,  which  we  hope  will  be  entirely  satisfactory, 

we  are 

Very  truly  yours, 


160  Fifth  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
February  5,  1909. 
American  School  of  Correspondence, 

Chicago,  111. 
Gentlemen : 

I  received  the  second  section  of  the  matter  for  the  new  book  this  morning. 
The  first  section,  which  Mr.  Griffith  informed  me  was  mailed  on  the  second  inst., 
has  not  been  received.  If  it  is  not  here  by  to-morrow%  I  will  telegraph  you  to 
have  it  traced.     I  will  give  the  work  careful  attention,  and  rush  it  all  I  can. 

Yours  truly. 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 


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New  York  City,  April  22,  1903. 
Dr.  C.  H.  Russell, 

Pullman,  Wash. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your. favor  of  the  ."ird  inst.  There  are  but  two  com- 
panies on  the  li.st  that  you  mention  that  we  would  guarantee  under  the  circum- 
stances, and  we  would  add  that  there  are  only  two  or  three  mutual  companies 
that  we  ever  guarantee. 

If  you  have  any  list  upon  which  you  would  like  to  consider  a  guaranty, 

if  you  will  forward  it  to  us,  we  will  advise  you  just  what  companies  we  would 

guarantee,  and  what  the  cost  will  be. 

Very  truly  yours, 


Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Decettiber  2,  1904. 
Mr.  E.  G.  Snow,  Jr., 

Vice-President  Homo  I'lsuranco  Co., 
New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Dear  Sir: 

In  reply  to  yours  of  the  Tith  inst.  would  .say,  I  have  employed  an  excellent 
solicitor  to  work  up  farm  business,  and  he  has  already  secured  nearly  $800  in 
premiums.  I  pay  him  15  per  cent,  commission.  A  very  great  portion  of  the 
premiums  were  tornado.  It  will  therefore  be  necessary  for  me  to  discontinue 
the  services  of  my  solicitor,  as  I  cannot  afford  to  work  for  nothing. 

Very  truly  yours, 


New  York  City,  January  24,  1905. 
Mr.  Arthur  Connors, 
Go  Clark  street, 

Madison,  Wis. 
Dear  Sir: 

After  May  1st,  you  will  please  charge  a  rate  of  $5  per  $1,000  on  all  indi- 
vidual policies  issued  in  the  preferred  class.  In  making  up  your  accountB  on 
this  business,  take  credit  on  such  policies  for  30  per  cent,  commission.  This 
new  rate  does  away  with  the  difference  between  preferred  A  and  preferred  B; 
that  is,  all  preferred  risks  will  be  classed  alike,  and  written  at  the  uniform  rate 
of  $5  per  $1,000.  If  there  are  any  cases  which  you  think  you  can  close  by  the 
first  of  May  at  the  old  rate,  you  are  at  liberty  to  do  so. 

Yours  truly, 


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100  AMERICAN  SHORTHAXl) 

Chicago,  111.,  February  9,  1903. 
Mr.  William  H.  Danforth, 

Lake  Forest,  111. 
My  dear  sir: 

In  response  to  your  letter  of  a  few  days  ago,  we  take  pleasure  in  recom- 
mending to  you  as  a  competent  stenographer.  Miss  Florence  Maybrick,  who 
will  hand  you  this  letter,  and  who  is  desirous  of  securing  the  position  you  have 
at  your  disposal.  It  is  our  understanding  that  you  wish  a  young  lady  to  take 
dictation  of  a  literary  character,  and  that  your  work  calls  for  one  who  has  more 
than  an  ordinary  education.  Miss  Maybrick  is  not  only  a  careful,  painstaking, 
and  accurate  stenographer,  but  she  has  had  exceptional  educational  advan- 
tages, being  a  graduate  of  the  Chicago  University  and  a  stiident  of  classical 
literature.  We  have  no  doubt  that  you  will  find  Miss  Maybrick  to  be  compe- 
tent to  do  the  work,  and  hope  you  will  see  fit  to  give  her  a  trial. 

Very  truly  yours, 


The  Smith  Engraving  Co., 

450  South  Clinton  street, 
Chicago. 
Gentlemen : 

Enclosed  you  will  please  find  drawings  for  twenty-six  cuts  of  shorthand 
notes.  You  will  please  make  zinc  etchings  of  these,  same  size  as  the  copy,  and 
return  to  us  at  your  earliest  convenience. 

We  do  not  remember  the  prices  quoted  by  your  representative,  but  think 
they  were  four  and  a  half  cents  per  square  inch  for  zincs,  and  twenty-five  cents 
for  half  tones.  Let  us  know  whether  we  are  right  in  this,  in  order  that  we  may 
know  the  exact  cost  of  this  work. 

We  shall  probably  have  more  than  1,000  cuts,  and  hope  you  will  be  able 
to  satisfy  us,  both  as  to  price  and  quality  of  the  work. 

Yours  truly. 


Chicago,  111.,  May  lo,  1909. 
Major  C.  W.  Hawes, 

Head  Clerk,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
Rock  Island,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  desire  to  do  the  reporting  for  the  head  camp.  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  to  be  held  in  Buffalo,  and  would  be  greatly  pleased  if  you  would 
advise  us  of  the  date,  the  probable  length  of  time  it  will  consume,  the  number 
of  copies  of  transcript  desired,  etc.  We  enclose  stamped  envelope  for  reply 
and  will  thank  you  for  this  information. 

,  Very  truly  yours, 


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La  Salle,  111.,  March  5,  1909. 
Marshall  Field  &  Co., 

Chicago,  111. 
Gentlemen: 

More  than  three  weeks  ago  my  wife  purchased  four  pairs  of  curtains  from 
you,  while  in  Chicago,  which  were  to  be  delivered  to  us  immediately.  We  have 
not  received  them  as  yet,  and  fear  they  have  been  missent.  I  enclose  the  pur- 
chasing check  given  my  wife,  and  hope  you  can  trace  the  matter  up. 

Very  truly  yours. 


Chicago,  111.,  April  16,  1909 
Mr.  A.  P.  Moreland, 

1333  Rokcby  street, 
Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  am  contemplating  building  a  bungalow  at  Wilmette  during  the  next  si.\ 
months,  and  remembering  you  as  a  friend  and  neighbor,  and  knowing  that  you 
are  a  contractor,  I  am  going  to  ask  you  to  call  and  make  an  estimate  on  the 
building  of  the  same.  This  should  not  be  a  very  expensive  or  extensive  job, 
but  I  hope  we  may  find  it  large  enough  to  interest  you.  You  may  call  at  my 
office  during  the  day,  or  I  will  be  at  home  any  evening  during  the  coming  week. 

Very  truly  yours. 


New  York  City,  May  17,  1907. 
Mr.  Charles  A  Welch, 

612  Wells  Building, 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 
My  dear  sir: 

There  will  be  a  meeting  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  in  your 
city  June  10,  and  we  have  a  contract  for  the  rejwrting  of  it.  It  will  be  necessary 
for  us  to  make  daily  transcript  of  the  meeting,  and  wc  wi.sh  to  .secure  the  serv- 
ices of  two  rejwrters  and  three  typewriters  during  the  sessions  of  the  Com- 
mission. You  have  been  recommended  to  u.s  and  we  desire,  if  possible,  to  get 
you  for  that  occasion.  We  suppose  the  usual  exchange  rate  prevailing  among 
the  members  of  the  National  Shorthand  Reporters'  Association  will  be  satis- 
factory to  you. 

Will  you  please  write  us  at  once  and  let  us  know  whether  you  can  furnish 
the  required  force.  We  shall  have  one  of  our  men  from  New  York  on  hand 
to  take  charge  of  the  work,  and  he  will  do  a  part  of  the  reporting  with  you.  Of 
course,  he  will  have  to  have  a  typewriter  operator,  and  wc  hope  j-ou  ran  secure 
him  a  good  one. 

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104  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  May  12,  1906. 
J.  M.  Glenn,  Esq., 

463  Chicago  Opera  House  building, 
Chicago,  111. 
My  dear  sir: 

In  relation  to  the  attached  memorandum  bill  of  goods  furnished  us  April 
5  and  April  13: 

We  are  unable  to  find  any  record  of  the  same  having  come  to  us,  and  we 
are  informed  that  you  hold  no  receipt  from  us  on  the  same.  Will  you  kindly 
look  this  matter  up  and  advise  us  as  to  the  developments  in  the  matter.  We 
are  desirous  of  getting  the  matter  straightened  out,  and  will  thank  you  for  your 
early  attention. 

Yours  truly, 


Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  June  16,  1907. 
J.  H.  Arnold,  Esq., 

343  West  Randolph  street, 
Chicago,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  desire  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  check  for  $250,  and  thank  you 
for  the  same. 

We  have  also  received  your  valued  order  for  sixteen  barrels  of  Gold  Medal 
flour  and  the  same  will  go  forward  at  once. 

Thanking  you,  we  are 

'  Very  truly  yours, 


Lafayette,  Ind.,  June  20,  1908. 
Mr.  S.  M.  Phillips, 

SedaHa,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  have  your  invoice  of  the  15th  inst.  for  25  cases  of  National  Oats.  We 
desire  to  say  that  these  goods  have  not  reached  us  as  yet.  Will  you  kindly 
send  duplicate  bill  of  lading  and  trace  from  your  end?  We  have  noticed 
that  the  last  four  or  five  shipments  have  taken  six  or  eight  days  to  reach  us. 
Do  you  know  whether  there  is  any  reason  for  this?  It  seems  to  us  that  the 
goods  should  reach  us  as  promptly  as  your  invoice.  If  there  is  any  way  in 
which  you  can  get  quicker  shipments  we  would  appreciate  it. 

Yours  truly. 


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New  York  City,  April  19,  1906. 
D.  A.  Devlin  Esq., 

63  Crescent  Building, 
New  Orleans,  La. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  respectfully  ask  your  careful  consideration  of  the  enclosed  circulars 
bearing  upon  a  form  of  insurance  which  we  term  "General  Liability." 

It  is  one  which  especially  commends  itself  to  landlords,  tenants,  and  all 
owners  of  real  estate,  and  has  already  been  received  with  much  favor  in  this  city, 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  and  elsewhere.  Some  few  dozen  accidents,  out  of  a 
number  which  have  come  to  our  knowledge,  have  resulted  in  suits  for  damages 
aggregating  upwards  of  $100,000. 

This  form  of  policy  protects  the  holder,  not  only  from  the  liability,  but 
from  the  annoyance  and  expense  of  defending  such  suits. 

Very  truly  yours. 

General  Agent. 


Armstrong  Engine  Co., 

Anderson,  Ind. 
Gentlemen: 

We  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  the  Norwegian  Plow  Co.,  of  Dubuque, 
Iowa,  saying  that  they  have  had  some  correspondence  with  you  about  handling 
your  planter  in  that  territory,  and  wanting  to  know  what  we  think  of  it.  If 
we  knew  which  of  your  planters  you  are  trying  to  sell  them,  we  could  no  doubt 
say  something  which  would  be  of  advantage  to  you.  We  think  you  understand 
how  we  feel  about  the  regular  combination  planter,  such  as  we  have  been  hand- 
ling.    Please  let  us  know  what  planter  you  contemplate  furnishing  them. 

Yours  truly. 


Denver,  Col.,  Sep*tember  16,  1904. 
Raymond  Dairy  Co., 

Des  Moines.  Iowa. 
Gentlemen: 

We  are  in  receipt  of  New  York  draft  for  $905,  for  which  we  thank  you. 
We  enclose  receipted  bill. 

We  arfe  also  sending,  under  separate  cover,  our  last  catalogue,  and  hope 
you  will  find  interesting  articles  therein. 

Yours  truly. 


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AGREEMENT  FOR  WARRANTY  DEED 

ARTICLES  OF  AGREEMENT,  made  this  sixteenth  day  of  February,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord,  One  Thousand,  Nine  Hundred  and  Three,  by  and  between 
Lester  Samuels,  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  the  county  of  Cook  and  the  state 
of  Illinois,  party  of  the  first  part,  and  Walter  S.  Taylor,  of  the  same  place, 
party  of  the  second  part,  WITNESSETH: 

That  if  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  first  make  the  payments  and 
perform  the  covenants  hereinafter  mentioned  on  his  part  to  be  performed,  the 
said  party  of  the  first  part  hereby  covenants  and  agrees  to  convey  and  assure 
to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  in  fee  simple,  clear  of  all  encumbrances 
whatever,  by  a  good  and  sufficient  warranty  deed,  the  lots,  pieces,  or  parcels  of 
ground,  situated  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  county  of  Cook,  and  state  of  Hlinois, 
known  and  described  as  Lots  five  (5),  six  (6)  and  seven  (7)  in  Block  ten  (10) 
of  Lester's  Addition  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  lying  and  being  in  the  northwest 
quarter  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  Section  twenty-six  (26),  Township  twenty- 
three  (23)  North,  Range  fourteen  (14)  East  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian.* 

And  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  hereby  covenants  and  agrees  to 
pay  to  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  the  siim  of  Five  Thousand  ($5,000) 
Dollars  in  the  manner  following,  to-wit:  One  Thousand  Dollars  on  the  sign- 
ing of  this  contract.  One  Thousand  Dollars  on  the  first  day  of  October,  1903, 
One  Thousand  Dollars  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1904,  One  Thousand  Dollars 
on  the  first  day  of  October,  1904,  and  One  Thousand  Dollars  on  the  first  day 
of  March,  1905,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum,  payable 
annually,  on  the  whole  sum  remaining  from  time  to  time  unpaid,  and  to  pay 
all  of  the  taxes,  assessments,  or  impositions  that  may  be  legally  levied  or 
imposed  upon  said  land  subsequent  to  the  year  1903.  And  in  case  of  the  failure 
of  said  party  of  the  second  part  to  make  any  of  the  payments,  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  perform  any  of  the  covenants  on  his  part  hereby  made  and  entered 
into,  this  contract  shall,  at  the  option  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  be 
forfeited  and  determined,  and  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  forfeit  all 
payments  made  by  him  on  this  contract,  and  such  payments  shall  be  retained 
by  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  in  full  satisfaction  and  in  liquidation  of  all 
damages  by  him  sustained,  and  he  shall  have  the  right  to  re-enter  and  take 
possession  of  the  premises  aforesaid. 

It  is  mutually  agreed  by  and  between  the  parties  hereto  that  the  time 
of  payment  shall  be  the  essence  of  this  contract;  and  that  all  of  the  covenants 
and  agreements  herein  contained  shall  extend  to  and  be  obligatory  upon  the 
heirs,  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns  of  the  respective  parties. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF  the  parties  to  these  presents  have  hereunto  set 
their  hands  and  seals  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 
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110  AMERICAX  SHORTHAND 

FINAL  DECREE  FOR  A  SPECIFIC  PERFORMANCE 
OF  AN  AGREEMENT 
At  a  Term  of  the  Circuit  Court,  held  in  and  for  the  County  of  Cook,  in  the 
State  of  lUinois,  at  the  Court  House  in  Chicago,  on  the  19th  day  of 
February,  1908. 
Present:     The  Honorable  PhiHp  §tein,  Judge  Presiding. 
James  L.  Howell 

vs.  y     In  Chance rj-. 

Thomas  E.  Green. 

This  cause  coming  on  to  be  heard  for  further  directions  on  the  report  of 
the  Master  in  Chancery,  to  whom  the  same  stood  referred,  and  the  said  report, 
together  with  the  pleadings  and  proofs,  having  been  read,  and  the  counsel  for 
the  parties  respectively  having  been  heard,  and  the  court  being  fully  advised 
in  the  premises,  and  it  appearing  to  the  court  that  a  good  title  can  be  made 
by  the  complainant  to  the  premises  comprised  in  the  agreement  between  the 
parties  to  this  case,  mentioned  in  the  pleadings  herein,  and  dated  the  second 
day  of  March,  1901; 

It  is  therefore  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  and  this  court  does  order* 
adjudge,  and  decree  that  the  said  agreement,  bo  made  and  entered  into 
between  the  complainant  and  defendant,  and  duly  proved  in  this  case,  be 
specifically  performed. 

And  it  is  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  the  complainant 
execute  and  deliver  to  the  defendant  a  proper  and  sufficient  conveyance,  in 
fee,  of  the  premises  described  in  the  same  agreement  between  the  parties,  and 
particularly  described  therein  as  follows: 

The  east  half  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  Section 
Twenty-One  (21),  Township  Twenty-Four  (24)  North,  Range  Thirteen  (13) 
East  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  containing  Twenty  (20)  acres,  to  be 
approved  by  the  Master  in  Chancery  of  this  court,  in  case  the  parties  differ  about 
the  same. 

.\nd  it  is  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  the  defendant,  upon 
the  tender  or  delivery  to  him  of  such  conveyance,- do  pay  unto  the  plaintiff  the 
sum  of  Forty-Five  Hundred  Dollars,  the  balance  of  the  purchase  money  of  said 
premises  reported  by  the  said  Master  in  Chancery  to  be  still  due,  with  interest 
from  the  date  of  his  report  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent. 

And  it  is  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  the  complainant 
have  execution  against  the  defendant  for  the  said  sum  of  Forty-Five  Hundred 
Dollars,  the  balance  of  said  purchase  money  reported  by  the  Master  to  be  due, 
with  interest  from  the  date  of  his  report,  and  for  the  costs  to  be  taxed  according 
to  the  course  and  practice  of  the  court. 

Either  of  the  parties  is  to  be  at  liberty  to  apply  to  this  court  as  occasion 
may  require. 


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112  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

CHARTER  OF  THE  MUTUAL  RESERVE  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

Article  I. 

The  name  of  the  corporation  shall  be  "Mutual  Reserve  Life  Insurance 
Company." 

Article  II. 

The  company  shall  be  located  and  its  principal  office  shall  be  in  the  city 
of  New  York  in  the  state  of  New  York. 

Article  III. 
The  business  of  the  company  shall  be  insurance  upon  the  lives  or  the  health 
of  persons,  and  all  and  every  insurance  pertaining  thereto,  the  making  of  en- 
dowments, and  the  granting,  purchasing,  and  disposing  of  annuities,  such  kind 
of  insurance  being  authorized  under  Subdivision  1,  of  Section  70  of  the  Insurance 
Law. 

Article  IV. 

Section  1 .  All  of  the  corporate  powers  of  the  company  shall  be  exercised 
by  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  such  officers  and  agents  as  the  Board  may  elect 
or  appoint. 

Section  2.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  consist  of  twelve  persons,  the 
majority  of  whom  shall  be  citizens  and  residents  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
elected  as  hereinafter  specified  and  as  in  the  by-laws  provided. 

Section  3.  The  Directors  shall  continue  to  be  divided  into  four  classes  of 
three  each,  and  as  the  term  of  each  class  shall  expire,  its  successors  shall  be 
elected  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  members,  for  the  term  of  four  years,  three 
Directors  to  be  elected  each  year.  In  case  of  a  failure  to  elect  Directors  at  any 
annual  meeting  of  the  members,  the  Directors  whose  regular  term  of  office 
does  not  then  expire,  shall  have  power,  acting  as  a  board,  to  elect  Directors, 
to  fill  the  vacancies  caused  by  such  failure  to  elect,  and  in  case  of  any  vacancy 
occurring  in  the  board  at  any  time,  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  power 
to  fill  such  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term,  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  a  quorum 
of  the  then  existing  board  constituting  a  choice.  Any  retiring  member  shall 
be  eligible  for  re-election. 

Section  4.  The  present  by-laws  of  the  corporation,  which  form  part  of 
its  contracts  with  its  members,  shall  continue  to  be  the  by-laws  of  the  company, 
unless  or  imtil  the  same  shall  be  revised  or  amended,  in  the  manner  therein 
provided. 

Article  V. 

Section  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  company  shall  be 
held  on  the  fourth  Wednesday  in  January  of  each  year,  at  which  meeting  the 
election  of  Directors  shall  be  held.     Five  days'  notice  of  each  annual  meeting 


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shall  be  given  by  publication  of  the  notice  of  such  annual  meeting  for  three 
consecutive  days  at  least  five  days  prior  thereto,  in  two  daily  newspapers 
published  in  the  city  of  New  York.  All  such  elections  shall  be  -by  ballot, 
and  a  pluraUty  of  the  votes  cast  shall  elect.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
appoint  three  inspectors  for  each  annual  election. 

Section  2.  At  every  annual  election  of  directors,  each  member  of  the 
company  in  good  standing  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  in  person  or  by 
proxy,  provided  that  no  vote  by  proxy  or  power  of  attorney  shall  be  accepted 
unless  registered  with  the  secretary  of  the  company  at  least  ten  days 
before  the  election  at  which  it  is  offered;  and  such  proxy  must,  at  the 
time,  be  a  member  of  the  company. 

Section  3.  The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  shall 
be  held  after  the  annual  meeting  of  members,  at  which  the  Board  of  Directors 
shall  elect  a  President  and  Vice-President  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  by-laws,  who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the  terms 
therein  mentioned. 

Section  4.  The  present  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  present 
officers  of  the  corporation,  shall  continue  to  be  such  Directors  and  officers 
until  the  expiration  of  the  respective  terms  for  which  they  have  been  elected. 

Article  VI. 

Section  1.  The  company  shall  have  no  capital  stock,  but  shall  be  a  mutual 
company. 

Section  2.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall,  within  two  months  subsequent 
to  the  first  day  of  January  in  each  year,  cause  an  estimate  to  be  made  of  the 
•  profits  and  true  state  of  affairs  of  the  company,  as  near  as  can  be  done,  for  the 
preceding  year,  which  estimate,  and  the  individual  allotment  thereof,  shall  be 
conclusive  upon  all  persons  entitled  to  share  in  any  distribution  of  surplus, 
which  shall  be  paid  or  credited  under  and  according  to  the  terms  of  the  several 
respective  policy  contracts. 

Section  3.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  authority  to  reserve  and 
set  aside  such  an  amount  of  the  profit,  in  excess  of  the  reserve  required  by  law 
to  be  held  and  maintained,  as  shall,  in  their  judgment,  be  for  the  best  interest 
of  the  company. 

Article  VII. 

The  charter  of  the  company  shall  be  perpetual. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF  the  corporation  has  caused  its  corporate  seal 
to  be  affixed  hereto  and  the  same  to  be  attested  by  its  President  and  Secretary 
this  twenty-fifth  day  of  February,  One  Thousand,  Nine  Hundred  and  Two. 

(Signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary.) 


115 


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116  AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

JURY   INSTRUCTIONS 

The  Court  instructs  the  jury*  as  a  matter  of  law  that  if  you  believe  from 
the  evidence  that  the  plaintiff,  while  in  the  exercise  of  ordinary  care  for  his 
personal  safety,  was  injured  as  alleged  in  the  declaration  in  this  case,  by  or 
through  the  carelessness,  negligence  or  default  of  the  defendant,  you  will 
find  for  the  plaintiff,  even  though  you  may  believe  from  the  evidence  that 
the  plaintiff  may  himself  have  been  guilty  of  some  negligence,  even  though 
you  further  believe  from  the  evidence  that  the  negligence  of  the  plaintiff  was 
slight  in  comparison  with  the  negligence  of  the  defendant,  and  that  the  neg- 
ligence of  the  defendant  in  this  case  was  gross  negligence. 


The  Court  instructs  the  jury  as  a  matter  of  law  that  the  defendant  is 
bound  to  use  reasonable  diligence  to  keep  and  maintain  its  road,  and  the  bridge 
built  over  it,  and  the  cars  rim  on  its  road,  in  such  suitable  and  safe  condition 
with  reference  to  one  another,  that  the  brakemen  and  employes  of  the  de- 
fendant can,  with  due  and  reasonable  care  for  their  personal  safety,  and  in 
obedience  to  the  rules  of  the  company,  perform  their  several  duties. 


The  Court  instructs  the  jury  that  while  the  plaintiff  was  required  to  use 
reasonable  care  and  diligence  to  comply  with  the  rules  of  the  company,  yet  in 
determining  the  question  of  what  is  reasonable  care  and  diligence,  you  should 
take  into  consideration  all  of  the  circumstances  surrounding  the  plaintiff,  as 
shown  by  the  evidence,  and  if  you  believe  from  the  evidence  that  by  reason  of 
negligence  on  the  part  of  the  defendant,  the  plaintiff  was,  without  fault  on  his 
part,  prevented  from  complying  with  one  or  more  of  the  rules  offered  in  evi- 
dence*, then  you  should  find  for  the  plaintiff,  notwithstanding  such  failure  to 
observe  such  rule,  if  you  further  believe  from  the  evidence  that  the  plaintiff, 
while  in  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  for  his  personal  safety,  was  injured  by 
or  through  the  carelessness  or  negligence  of  the  defendant,  as  charged  in  the 
plaintiff's  declaration. 


The  Court  instructs  the  jury  that  if  the  evidence  in  this  case  shows  that 
it  was  a  rule  of  the  defendant,  in  force  prior  to  and  at  the  time  of  the  accident 
to  the  plaintiff,  that  "employes  are  directed  by  this  rule,  when  in  the  vicinity 
of  bridges  or  viaducts,  to  keep  off  from  unusually  high  cars";  and  if  the  evidence 
shows  that  before  the  accident  the  defendant  delivered  to  the  plaintiff  a  copy  of 
such  rule,  and  that  the  plaintiff  promised  defendant  he  would  read  and  obey 
such  rule,  then,  in  law,  it  was  the  duty  of  the  plaintiff  to  have  read  and  obeyed 
such  rule;  and  if  the  evidence  in  this  case  shows  that  the  plaintiff,  at  the  time 
of  the  injury,  was  upon  an  unusually  high  car,  in  violation  of  the  rule  of  the 
companj',  and  that  the  accident  in  this  case  resulted  to  the  plaintiff  by  reason 
of  his  disregarding  and  disobeying  such  rule,  then  the  verdict  of  the  jury  should 
be  for  the  defendant. 


♦Special  phrase  used  in  this  class  of  work. 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND  117 

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EXAMINATION  PAPER 


AMERICAN  SHORTHAND 

PART  III 


Read  Carefully:  In  sending  in  your  work,  place  your  name  and  ad- 
dress prominently  on  each  sheet  of  your  work.  Write  on  one  side  of  the  paper 
only.  When  shorthand  notes  are  called  for,  write  those  notes  on  alternate 
lines,  leaving  plenty  of  room  for  corrections  and  suggestions. 


1.  Transcribe  and  punctuate  correctly  the  speech  on  "Im- 
mortahty"  on  Page  87. 

2.  Take  from  dictation,  without  reference  to  shorthand  notes, 
letters  on  Pages  94,  90,  and  98,  and  send  in  your  notes  for  correction, 
writing  on  alternate  lines,  in  order  to  give  plenty  of  room  for  sug- 
gestions. 

3.  Also  send  shorthand  notes  of  "Agreement  for  Warranty 
Deed"  in  shorthand,  taken  from  dictation,  found  on  Page  110;  also 
"Final  Decree  for  Specific  Performance  of  an  Agreement,"  on  Page 
112. 

Do  not  compare  your  notes  tvith  those  given  in  the  lessons,  but  let  it  be 
original  uiork  on  your  part. 

After  completing  the  work,  add  and  sign  the  following  statement: 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  above  work  is  entirely  my  own. 

(Signed) 


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